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Reading and Writing the Word

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Reading aloud and writing the Word causes it to be instilled in our hearts. When you read and write the Word, it becomes easier to THINK the Word. When you think the Word, you BECOME the Word (Proverbs 23:7).Jesus was the Word, and he kept them in His heart. By this cause, He was able to overcome the devil while He was tempted in the wilderness (Matthew 4:4-11). With the Word on your mind, you will have good thoughts. If you think you are a certain way, you become that just because of those notions.

When we write the Word, we are writilight-bulb9ng the mind of God. Taking notes is essential. The Holy Spirit speaks to us even while we are reading the word to ourselves. When we do not write, we have nothing to go back to when we need to study on our own. It is damaging to our lives. It doesn’t have to be a book. It can be something God spoke to you about Himself in a dream or vision or just walking down the street.He may have whispered something to you while you were on your normal commute to school or work. The tugging sense of intuition you feel, is no intuition at all. It’s the Holy Spirit!  Writing is needed not just for the Word but for everything else. How do you expect to pass an exam without writing notes?  Similarly, how do you expect to pass the Exam of Life and the many little tests it has to offer without writing notes? Reading and writing notes can be very helpful and if we need them for those simple things, how much more our spiritual lives? If writing weren’t important The Bible wouldn’t even be here! (John 5:47)

David Your Goliath.

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We’ve all been there before. “Oh God, why me” , “Why is life so hard”, “Why does this always happen to me” and the many other countless murmurings we make whilst faced with adversity. In the words of my spiritual mother, Pastor Sarah Brown, “Some obstacles are for your advertisement [and] for God’s name to be glorified.” Truth be told, there is no problem that our great God cannot solve. Our job, is to in EVERYTHING, continually give Him thanks. Nothing is too big or too small for God to handle. He may not be the one behind the pain, sufferings or affliction but rest assured He will bring out the best from it.

In John 9, we read of the story of the blind man who received healing for sight. In verse 3, Jesus answers the disciples that neither the man nor his parents were to take the blame for his blindness and that his blindness is strictly to be used to glorify God.

but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him

Once this man received his healing, it became his testimony to go and declare the miracle that Jesus had performed in his life. Likewise, the tests that we go through and have overcome should also be our testimony to bear witness to the goodness of God and to feed faith into those who are seeking hope out of their own obstacles.

There is a quote that says, “You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.”You’ll never know the power that you carry until you are faced with a situation that requires you to use it. God uses problems to prove your faith in Him.  In your trying times, do you still believe in God?

It’s also revelatory to know that many times, a lot of the problems we face are caused by self due to disobedience to the word of God. Even then, our God is still merciful when we turn back to him wholeheartedly.

When we have faith in God, there is no mountain  that cannot be removed.

Rid yourself of murmuring and complaining today. The Israelite complained and their 40 day journey turned to 40 years in the wilderness. Instead, when face with adversity, ask yourself …

  1. What is God trying to tell me?
  2. What can I learn from this situation?
  3. How do I overcome this problem?

Give yourself to prayer, let God use you for His glory.and expect to triumph.